Youngkin announces new board appointments

Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced a long list of new board appointments across the commonwealth Friday.

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From Friday:

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Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced the following new board appointments across the commonwealth Friday:

BOARD APPOINTMENTS 

EDUCATION  

BOARD OF VISITORS OF CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY 

• LTC. Kevin J. Callanan MA, CFRE, of Stephens City, Principal, CES, LLC 

• Jennifer Dunn of Yorktown, Vice President of Communications, Newport News Shipbuilding 

• Keith Windle of Midlothian, Senior Vice President of Administrative Services, Dominion Energy 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY 

• The Honorable John Brownlee of Great Falls, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP 

• Robey W. Estes of Richmond, CEO, Estes Express Lines  

• W. Taylor Franklin of Virginia Beach, CEO, Franklin Group 

• Jennifer Tepper Mackesy of Bronxville, New York, Minority Owner, Gotham Football Club/Chelsea FC; former Vice President, Lord &Taylor 

• The Honorable Jill Holtzman Vogel of Upperville, Attorney and Managing Partner Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinksy & Josefiak; Principal, 50 to 1; Principal, The Vogel Group; former member, Virginia State Senate, 27th District 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY 

• The Honorable Kenneth L. Marcus of Great Falls, Founder and Chairman, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law; former US Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights  

• Jon M. Peterson of Fairfax Station, Chief Executive Officer, Peterson Companies 

• Nina S. Rees of McLean, Senior Fellow, George W. Bush Institute  

• Marc Short of Arlington, Partner, Advance Strategies; former Chief of Staff to Vice President Mike Pence 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY 

• Larry W. Caudle, Jr. of White Stone, Attorney, Kraftson Caudle PLC 

• Joanie Eiland of Staunton, President, Elk Trucking and Elk Brokerage 

• Thomas Galati of Penn Laird, Founder, StageBio 

• Dave Rexrode of Fredericksburg, President, Bluestone Strategies & Consulting Group 

• Nikki Thacker of Richmond, Government Relations, Reed Smith LLP 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY 

• Kathleen Early of Richmond, Corporate Secretary, Virginia Farm Bureau Federation and Affiliated Companies 

• Charles E. “Chuck” Fagan III of Manakin Sabot, President and CEO, Velera  

• David Rose of Richmond, Senior Vice President and Manager, Davenport and Company, LLC 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY 

• Edward Sanders of Washington, DC, Director, Gloucester Institute; Relationship Manager, United Negro College Fund  

• The Honorable Lionel Spruill, Sr. of Chesapeake, former member, Virginia State Senate, 5th District; former member, Virginia House of Delegates, 77th District  

BOARD OF VISITORS OF OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY 

• Brian E. Campbell of Richmond, Senior Advisor External Affairs, Medicines for All Institute at VCU 

• Dr. Stanley Goldfarb of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 

• Bruce Thompson of Virginia Beach, CEO, Gold Key | PHR 

• Dr. Claire Wulf Winiarek of Arlington, Health Care Policy Director, Amazon 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF RADFORD UNIVERSITY  

• Dale S. Ardizzone, Esq., of Charlotte, North Carolina, COO, INSP, LLC, and Imagicomm Communications 

• The Honorable Betsy D. Beamer of Henrico, Director of Planning and Organization, McGuireWoods Consulting  

• Callie Dalton of Roanoke, Realtor, Callie Dalton & Associates, Long & Foster 

• William C. Davis of Blacksburg, retired Historian, Virgina Polytechnic Institute  

• Jonathan Sweet of Pulaski County, County Administrator, Pulaski County 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON 

• Virginia Gentles of Arlington, Director, Education Freedom Center, Independent Women's Forum  

• Tim Pohanka of Fredericksburg, Chief Operating Officer, Pohanka Automotive Group  

• Terris E. Todd of Woodbridge, Senior Advisor to the President, Kingdom Builders Worldwide 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND AFFILIATED SCHOOLS 

• Daniel M. Brody of Albemarle County, President, Health Data Services, Inc.  

• Marvin W. Gilliam, Jr., of Bristol, Owner, MAM Development LLC 

• David Okonkwo, MD, PhD of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Professor of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh 

• David F. Webb of Virginia Beach, Vice Chairman, CBRE, Inc  

• Porter Wilkinson of Bethesda, Maryland, Counselor and Chief of Staff, Smithsonian Institute Board of Regents 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY 

• The Honorable Siobhan Dunnavant, MD, FACOG, of Henrico, former member, Virginia State Senate, 12th District 

• Ken Lipstock, MD, of Richmond, Owner and Medical Director, Lipstock LASIK and Cataract Center 

• Randolph N. Reynolds, Jr., of Louisa County, Principal, Reynolds Holdings, LLC 

• C.J. Sailor of Chesterfield, Director of Faith Partnerships, Stand Together Foundation 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE 

• Kate Comerford Todd of McLean, Attorney, Torridon Law PLLC 

• Quintin Elliott of Urbanna, Owner and CEO, QE2 Consulting 

• Clifford Foster of Richmond, Manager, Raymond James & Associates 

• The Honorable William R. Janis of St. Petersburg, Florida, former member, Virginia House of Delegates, 56th District 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY  

• Starlette Barker Johnson of Dallas, Texas, Board Chair, Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory; Board Member, Jack’s Family Restaurant Group 

• The Honorable Ryan D. McCarthy of McLean, the 24th Secretary of the Army 

• Jim Miller of Waterford, CEO, Quantum Leap 

• J. Pearson of Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Executive Chairman, Vehicle Accessory Inc.  

• Jeanne H. Stosser of Blacksburg, President, President and CEO, CMG Leasing/ SAS Construction 

BOARD OF VISITORS OF VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY 

• Dr. Robert E. Denton, Jr., of Blacksburg, W. Thomas Rice Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Communication, Virginia Polytechnic Institute 

• M. Peter McPherson of Arlington, President Emeritus, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities; President Emeritus, Michigan State University 

• Verndell Robinson of Prince William County, Associate Broker, Coldwell Banker 

• Robert Thompson of Chesterfield, Multi-Unit Franchisee Eggs Up Grill 

• General Dennis Via, Ret., of McLean, Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton  

EASTERN VIRGINIA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AT OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY 

• G. Robert “Bob” Aston, Jr., of Portsmouth, Chairman of the Executive Board, TowneBank 

• Dr. Ted Chambers of McLean, Medical Director, Montgomery Vascular Care 

STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES 

• David L. Elmore of Waynesboro, President, Financial Management Inc. 

• Tony Miller of Damascus, retired Project Controls Manager, Appalachian Power 

• Alethea "AJ" Robinson of Bluefield, Director of Communications, Tazewell County   

• Jeremy Satterfield of Halifax, TechSpark Manager, Microsoft 

STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR VIRGINIA  

• Jeffrey Brown of Richmond, Headmaster, The Hunter School 

• Lindsay Fryer of Falls Church, President and Founding Principal, Lodestone DC 

• Delceno Miles of Virginia Beach, founding President and CEO, The Miles Agency   

• John Olsen of Alexandria, Chief Executive Officer, Teaching Strategies 

• B. Carlyle Ramsey, PhD, of Alton, former President, Danville Community College 

• Dr. Steven Taylor of Barboursville, Director and Senior Fellow of Postsecondary Education, Stand Together Trust 

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